Amount-indicator for credit-checks and cash.



APPLICATION FILED OCT. 10.19M-

Patented Aug. 191?.

um w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES W. INGLE, OF DAYTON, OI-IIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS V.MAXEDON,

. OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

AMOUNT-INDICATOR FOR CREDIT-CHECKS AND CASH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Original application filed June 17, 1912, Serial No. 704,247. Dividedand this application filed October 10, 1914. Serial No. 866,420.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, .lAMns INGLE, a citizenof the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomeryand State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements inAmount-Indicators for Credit-Checks and Cash, of which the fol lowing isa specification.

My invention relates to amount indicating devices, but more specificallyto such are employed in connection with receptacles for money and checksrepresenting money. By a requirement for division, the remaining portionof my invention can be found in application Serial No. 704,217, and ofdate June 17, 1912.

The object of my invention is to provide an automatically operatedamount indicat-or, adapted to bring to view any numerical character fromO to any suitable number, as 200 or $2.50, inclusive, as a finalresultant of any number of additions to, or subtractions from, anysuitable initial amount contained in any suitable receptacle used inconnection therewith, thereby overcoming the necessity of keeping booksto obtain said resultant.

I accomplish the aforesaid object by means of the mechanism described inthe following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawingsin which like reference characters represent like parts in all figures.

Figure 1 is a cross-section of the register on the line a-a in Fig. 2,with certain parts eliminated and certain other parts represented inside elevation in order to best illustrate those parts intended to beshown in this figure.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken vertically on the line bb, asshown in Fig. 1., certain parts being eliminated and certain other partsbeing shown in side elevation rather than in crosssection, therebyshowing them to better advantage.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken vertically through one of theam-screws em ployed in certain parts of my'invention.

Fig. 4 is a detached portion of my registering-tape, showing theperforations along the margins thereof and also amount-indieatingcharacters displayed thereon.

Since certain parts ofmy. invention are duplications of other similarparts having exactly the same operation, it is not thought necessary toapply reference characters to but oneof such sets of parts.

1 is the drivewheel of my registeringtape. 2 is the axle on which saidwheel oscillates. 115 is a double row of studs running entirely aroundthe tape-bearing face of said drive-wheel. 3 and 4 are cylindrical studsprojecting laterally from the rim of said drive wheel. 5 and 6 arecylindrical studs projecting from the sides of the keybars 11 and 12. 7and 8 are pawls pivotally attached to the sides of said key-bars bymeans of jam-screws 9 and 10. 93 and 91 are thumb-keys on the ends ofsaid keybars. 13 is a perforation in the rear end of each one of saidkey-bars, one of which perforations alines with a similar perforation inthe upper end of the payout lever 28, and the other one alines with asimilar perforation in the lower end of the in-take lever 21, throughwhich perforations pass jam-screws, as per 10 Fig. 3, pivotallyconnecting said ends of said levers. 14 and 15 are two guide or slackwheels, one on one side and the other on the other side of saidregisteringtape drive-wheel and employed to press said tape around andconfine it more closely to said drive wheel. 16 is the registering-tapeone end of which is detachably attached to spool 18, and the otherinlike manner to spool 21 19 is the axle on which spool 18 revolves. 20and 21 are numerals placed on said. registering-tape to indicate thetotal cash value of credit checks or cash in the dollar tube at the timeeither .is brought to view on said registering-tape. 22 and 23 arebifurcated supports for said registeringt-ape spools.

59 is a shoulder on the jam-screws against which the washer 6O presses.By means of this mechanism the pawls 7 and 8 and other parts pivoted onthese jam-screws are given a free and easy movement and are at the sametime held firmly thereon. 61 is a locknut which presses against thepart, as keybars 11 and 12, through which these jamscrews screw andprevents said screws from becoming loose. 62 is a horizontal support andbearing means for the axle 2 on which the registering-tape drive-wheelsturn, and also for the axles 95 and 96 on which the guide wheels 14c and15 respectively revolve,

63 is a horizontal support and bearing means for the aXle 19 on whichthe tape spool 18 revolves, the axle for the tape spool 21 having asimilar support and'bearing means. 64 is a drive-pulley attached to thetape spool 18. 65 is a round slip-belt mounted on said pulley and alsoon a similar pulley 66 attached to, and driven by, said registering-tapedrive-wheel 1, said pulleys having cut therearound belt grooves into.which said slip-belt works, said belt thereby being prevented fromslipping off of said pulley. A similar, slip-belt 73 is alsovmounted onsaid pulley 66 and also on pulley 72 in the opposite direction frompulley 64, which pulley 7 2 is a drive-pulley for the tape spool 21 andhas cut therearound a similar belt groove to those above mentioned.These slip-belts being driven by the registeringtape drive-wheel 1 andthey in turn driving the tape-spools on whose pulleys they are mounted,any movement of the registeringtape drive-wheel in either directionwillproduce a similar movement and in the same direction to that of saidregistering-tape drive-wheel. Bythis mechanism the registering-tape iswound on one of said spools at the same time it is unwound from theother. In case one of these spools takes up the tape faster than it isfed out by the registering-tape drive-wheel, the slippingof the belt onthe pulley of said tape spool prevents the locking of theregistering-tape mechanism. In case one of these spools feeds out theregistering-tape faster than the registering-tape drive-wheel takes itup, what little slack is in this way produced in saidtape is taken up bythe elasticity of the belt itself, which in this instance appears to bewound more loosely on its spool than it should be. It is to be noted inthis connection that there is a double row of short studs projectingfrom and running entirely around the tapebearing face of theregistering-tape drivewheel which register with and fit intoperforations running along both margins of said tape, thereby insuringsteadiness and exactness in the reciprocating movement of said tape. 68is a beveled. drivc-cogwheel mounted on the axle 2 which it drivesindependently of the action of the key-bars on the registering-tapedrivewheel 1. 69 is a beveled cogwheel meshing with said co'gwheel 68when brought into connection therewith, said wheel 69 being securelyattached to the lower end of the verticallydisposed rod 70 which extendsupward through circular hearings in the parallel supports and 76 to apoint near thetop plate of niy invention, at which point it connectswith the detachable cranlr or key 74. By means of this last describedmechanism, a turn on said crank or key one way or theother willoperatethe registering-tape mechanism independently of the action ofsaid key-bars. To do this the rod 70 is pressed downward until thecogwheel 69 meshes .withthe cogwheel 68, the pushspring 71 mountedthereon returning said rod to its normal position after the downwardpressure thereon is removed therefrom, said spring having its upper endattached to said rod and its lower end resting and revolving on theupper face of the horizontal bearing support 76. The above descriptionof parts as shown. in Fig. 2 applies to those parts constitutingoneregisterinf system which is indicated by the letter which system in itsoperation is entirely independent of ever 1 other similar system, ofwhich there are ye, making six in all as shown in the drawing, yet it isto be noted that my inventionis not limited to any spe cific number ofthese independent systems, but that there can be as many of them as areneeded for any given purpose. As shown by the drawing, these severalsimilar systems are indicated by the letters I, J, K, L, M and N. It isto be noted also that each guide wheel, eachregistering-tape drive-wheeland each tape spool revolves on its axle. Each of these independentsystems having similar parts, similar construction, a n'lsii'nilarfunctions and operations, a description of one is practically adescription of all. 109 is the visible portion of the registering tapeof one of the several independent registering systems of my invention,on which visible portions are displayed the numerals, as 20 and 21 orother characters indicating the various amounts as of dollars and cents,that may be found at any time in each tube from nothing up to as largeamount as any one tube will hold of the denomination placed in thattube.

Having thus described my invention by illustrations and in detail, Iwill now describe it as a working mechanism.

registering-tape drive-wheel 1, which is therlrive-ivlieel of myregistering system I, is operated by the pawls 7 and 8 attached to thekey-bars 12 and 11 respectively. When the key-bar 12 is pushed inward,the inner face of pawl 7 engages stud 3 and pushes it inward and therebyrevolving the registeringtape drive-wheel 1 by so much. As said key-barcomes back to a normal position, the opposite face of said pawl, whichface is inclined outward, engages the next stud following stud 3, saidpawl being thereby drawn over said stud 3 and brought to a position bythe operation of gravity in front of said stud similar to thatrepresented in the drawing as stud 3, Thus, step by step, saiddrive-wheel is revolved in one irection, said pawl 8 by a similar 0erati'on revolving said wheel in the other direction. h The differentpositions of said pawls, one being on the. upper and the otherbeing on.the lower side of said Wheel,- makes it necessary for gravity to operateon the inner end of pawl 7 and the outer end of pawl 8, stud 6 holdingpawl 7 and stud 5 holding pawl 8 in horizontal positions. Each movementof said wheel as aforesaid brings to view a different numeral on saidregistering-tape, the numerals brought to View by the operation of saidkey-bar 12 indicating additions to and those brought to View by said heybar 11 indicating subtractions from, the contents of any receptacle, astubes for cash and checks, to which it may be attached. While thesenumerals in this way do indicate additions and subtractions asaforesaid, they do not indicate the amount, but the re sultant, of saidadditions and subtractions, the difference between the respectivenumbers giving the amount of each addition and subtraction. To applythis remarkable feature of my invention, we will suppose, in beginningthe business for the day, each tube is stocked up with a certain numberof checks, all of which have been accurately registered on theregistering-tape when deposited, and that tube 48 is a dollar tube andthe customer having a dollar check purchased 50 cents worth of goods. Ifthe dollar tube, when the first dollar of the day was deposited in it,had been stocked up with twenty dollars in checks, the depositing ofanother dollar check brings to view on the registering-tape for thedollar tube the numeral 21 which shows that this tube, after the depositof the aforesaid check, contains $21.00 in checks instead of $20.00, asit was before said deposit. But the customer must have 50 cents inchecks in change. To do this the clerk places his thumb on key 93 andpushes in key-bar 11, but for the fifty cent tube and not for the dollartube, and this operation gives the customer 50 cents in change. Thisoperation can be more fully understood by reference to the otherapplication Serial No. 704,247. At the close of the day the figures onthe tape total, we will say, $125.00, and the register was stocked up inthe morning with $65.00 in checks. The difference, $60.00, indicates theamount of business done and credit given for the day. In stocking up inthe morning, all checks and 'all money are registered in on theregistering-tape, and the amount of each noted on a slip of paper keptin a pocket on the end of the left hand till of the drawer, which is forbills and checks. The other tills being for the several denominations ofsilver money. We will say, in starting for the day, the register showsthat it has been stocked up with $75.00 in money and $50.00 in creditchecks, and these amounts carefully noted on the slip of paper abovereferred to. A customer comes in with credit checks, which are handledand change made thereon as above explained. A

customer comes in with cash, which is handled and change made thereon inthe usual manner from the drawer, but all purchases made with cash arecarefully registered in on the registering-tape just the same as thecredit checks are. At the end of the day the registering-tape totals up$200.00. The cash is counted and it is found to be $120.00, whichindicates that $45.00 in cash was taken in for the day. The total of thecash is now taken from the total .of the tape and $80.00 remains, whichindicates that $30.00 worth of goods went out for the day on creditchecks.

In the normal position of key-bars ll and 12, the pawls 7 and 8 are heldwithout, that is outside of, the range of engagement with the studs, as3 and 4, so that, to wind the registering-tape back to 0 in closing forthe day, the crank-key 7-1 is used, thereby saving the wear of thein-take and pay-out mechanism which would otherwise have to be employedin doing so.

Having thus described my invention by illustrations, in detail and as aworking mechanism,

lVhat I claim is 1. In an amount indicator for credit checks and cash, aregistering-tape drivewheel, consisting of a drive-wheel portion and alateral-projecting hub-shaped por tion, said drive-wheel portion havingstuds projecting radially from the tapebearing face thereof and studsprojecting laterally from the rim thereof, said hub-shaped portionhaving a cog-toothed lateral edge and also a pulley-like outer surfaceadapted to the mounting of belts thereon.

2. In an amount indicator for credit checks and cash, a registering-tapedrivewheel having a drive-wheel portion and a laterally projectinghub-shaped portion, said drive-wheel portion having studs pro]ectingradiallv from the tape-bearing face thereof and studs pro ect1nglaterally from the rim thereof, In combination wlth a registering-tapehaving marginal perforations therethrough and registering charactersthereon mounted on the tape-bearing face of said drive-wheel. spoolsattached to the ends of said tape, and slip-belts mounted on thehub-shaped port-ion of said drive-wheel and on the hubs of said spools.

3. In an amount indicator for credit checks and cash. a registering-tapedrivewheel having a drive-wheel portion and a laterally projectinghubshaped portion, said drive-wheel portion having studs projectingradially from the tape-bearing face thereof and studs projectinglaterally from the rim thereof, said hub-shaped portion having acog-toothed lateral edge, in combination with a registering-tape havingmarginal perforations therethrough and registering characters thereonmounted on the tape-bearing face of said drive-wheel, spools attached,to the ends of said tape, slip-belts mounted on the hub-shaped portionof said drivewvh'eel and on the hubs of said spools, and means adaptedto engage the cogtoothed lateral edge of said drive-wheel and move saidtape and said belts in either direction and revolve said spools.

4. In an amount indicator for credit checks and cash, a registering-tapedrivewheel having a drive-wheel portion and a laterally projectinghub-shaped portion, said drive-wheel portion having studs projectingradially from the tapebearing face thereof and studs projectinglaterally from the rim thereof. in combination with a registering-tapehaving marginal perforations therethrough and registering charactersthereon mounted on the tape-bearing face of said drive-wheel, spoolsattached to the ends of said tape, slip-belts mounted on thehub-shaj'ied portion of said drive-wheel. and on the hubs of saidspools, a key-bar having means attached thereto adapted to engage saidlaterally projecting studs and cause said drive-wheel to turn and tomove said tape and said belts and cause said spools to revolve, the onespool thereby giving out and the other taking up said tape.

In an amount indicator for credit checks and cash, the combination of aregistering-tape drive-wheel having studs projecting radially from thetape-bearing face thereof and other studs projecting laterally from therim thereof, an intake key-bar, an intake lever pivotally attachedthereto, a pay-out key-bar, a pay-out lever pivotally attached thereto,means attached to said key-bars adapted to engage said lateralprojectingstuds and rotate said drive-wheel and move said tape, said intakekey-bar being adapted to operate said intake lever and simultaneouslytherewith to rotate said drive-wheel and move said tape one way, saidpay-out key-bar being adapted to operate said pay-out lever andsimultaneously therewith to rotate said drivewheel and move said tapethe other way.

6 An amount indicator for credit checks and cash, consisting of aregistering-tape drive-wheel having studs IJI'OjOCtlIlg radially fromthe ta 'ie-bearing face thereof and other studs projecting laterallyfrom the rim thereof, a registering-tape having marginal perforationstherethrough and registering characters thereon mounted on saiddrive-wheel, spools attached to the ends of said tape, slip-beltsmounted on the hub of said drive-wheel and on the hubs of said vpools,an intake key-bar, and intake lever pivotally attached thereto, apay-out keybar, a pay-out lever pivotally attached thereto, meansattached to said key-bars adapted to engage said |ateral-projectingstuds and rotate said drive-wheel, said intake key-bar being adapted tooperate said intake lever and simultaneously therewith to rotate saiddrive-wheel and move said tape one way. said payout key-bar beingadapted to operate said pay-out lever and simultaneously therewithrotate said drivewheel and move said tape the other way, in combinationwith a eoinandcheck handling register, consisting of a plru-alit ofupright tubes of similar construction and operation, openings in theupper end of each tube the uppermost thereof being adapted to receivesaid credit checks and cash (coins) into said tube and the lowermostthereof being adapted to receive the upper end of said intake lever, anda discharging slide attached to the lower end of said tube and engagedby the lower end of said pay-out lever.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

JAMES W. INGLE.

\Vitnesses ADnLBEn'r M. MGKA'Y, NA'IHAN IEL FULTON.

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